Carrier Air Wing Sixteen was a carrier air wing of the United States Navy. It was established as Carrier Air Group Sixteen on 1 September 1960. It became Carrier Air Wing Sixteen on 20 December 1963, and was disestablished in 1971. The wing served aboard USS Oriskany from 1962 (as a CVG) to 1968, including the heavy losses of the 1967-68 cruise.
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- http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/naval-aviation-history/united-states-naval-aviation-1910-1995/appendix-15-evolution-of-carrier-air-groups-and-wings.html[dead link]
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